The Douglas Archives

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I spent a couple of hours last night writing an article for Wikipedia. This might seem strange when I am so far from completing many articles for The Douglas Archives. But, somehow, the two sometimes seem to go together.

Many of the full Wikipedia 'nobility' articles written about the Douglas family were just one liners when I first started contributing. Now, someone, or probably lots of someones, has added to them and built a full biography. This information then flows back into the Douglas Archives.

So, when I find a Wikipedia 'stub' about which I have more information, I like to put something back.

On this occasion, there was a dead link to Walter Douglas, Governor of the Leeward Islands. I had been gathering bits and pieces on him over the years, but he had never been a focus of my attention. This has become easier as more information about him has become available on-line. I still do not have the full story, but now that he has a Wikipedia page, I am confident more about him will come to light, and so my Douglas Archives article will also become more complete.

Perhaps you know more about Walter Douglas? You know what to do!

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Making conections

The more information you can give about the people you mention, the more chance there is of someone else connecting with your family.

Dates and places of births, deaths and marriages all help to place families.

Professions also help.

'My great-grandmother mother was a Douglas from Montrose' does not give many clues to follow up! But a bit of flesh on the bones makes further research possible. But if we are told who she married, what his profession was and where the children were baptised, then we can get to work.

Maybe it is time to update the information in your profile?


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